London, April 6, 2020: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving “excellent care”. Mr Johnson has asked Foreign SecretaryContinue Reading
Rome, April 4, 2020: Google searches for “prayer” have surged worldwide in step with the surge of emerging cases of Covid-19, according to a European researcher. The rising interest in seeking information about “prayer” on Google “skyrocketed during the month of March 2020 when Covid-19 went global,” wrote Jeanet SindingContinue Reading
Denver, Colo., Apr 4, 2020: Thomas Sowell and his wife own Southeast Palm and Foliage in Astor, Florida, in the middle of the state, about 40 miles west of Daytona Beach. “It’s in the middle of nowhere, actually,” Sowell told CNA in January. Sowell isn’t Catholic, but his business suppliesContinue Reading
April 4, 2020: Communist authorities in China are using efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic to step up enforcement action against Christians who worship in house churches, government insiders have told the human rights and religious freedom publication Bitter Winter. China has been battling coronavirus since late 2019, and theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, April 2, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has minced no words in blaming the Chinese regime for the global contagion – Covid 19. “International voices are rising against the negligent attitude shown by China, especially its despotic Chinese Communist PartyContinue Reading
Vatican City, Apr 2, 2020: Mother Teresa’s example should inspire us to seek out those whose suffering is hidden during the coronavirus crisis, Pope Francis said at his daily Mass on April 2. At the start of the Mass April 2, Pope Francis said he had seen a photograph inContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, April 2, 2020 — In his Easter message in the age of Covid 19 pandemic and anxiety, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar sees a ‘resurrection in human solidarity.’ Cardinal sent out his Easter message priorContinue Reading
Yangon, March 31, 2020: Myanmar’s regional military commanders have provided medicine, protective masks, hand sanitizer and conducted medical checks for religious leaders in different states and regions, as a contribution to government efforts to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. Over the past week, as the number of confirmedContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 29, 2020: A Mozambican bishop has decried the deaths of 64 Ethiopians from asphyxiation as tragic, senseless and inhuman. On March 24, a container truck was stopped by Mozambique’s immigration authorities in the province of Tete. It carried 78 people from Ethiopia, 64 of whom were foundContinue Reading
Manila, March 29, 2020: A Filipina Benedictine nun has succumbed to coronavirus in Spain, her congregation reported on March 28. Sr. Maria Gratia Balagot, who was the superior of their community in India, was only visiting Spain to renew her visa when she was infected with Covid-19. “And while there,Continue Reading
